Assistant HR Business Partner

Ipsum; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Pension plan

Car allowance

Career development

GP access & mental health support

Cycle to Work

Discount club

Life assurance

Long service recognition

Social events

Job summary

Ipsum is seeking an experienced Assistant HR Business Partner for the Power division, working from home with regular travel to the North of England. You will partner with senior leaders to deliver people solutions across the full employee lifecycle, balancing hands-on delivery with strategic, data-led insight.

The role involves influencing leadership, guiding restructures, TUPE, and acquisitions while ensuring commercial outcomes.

Qualifications

• Strong generalist HR background across the employee lifecycle.
• Proven experience leading complex change initiatives including restructures and TUPE.
• Solid knowledge of employment law and practical application.
• Ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Track record delivering commercially focused, strategic HR solutions.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders to develop robust workforce and succession plans with clear performance management.
• Use people data and insights to drive improvements and engagement.
• Lead organisational design, transformation and change initiatives end-to-end, including TUPE and acquisitions.
• Provide pragmatic HR and employment law guidance to SLT and managers.
• Support key HR initiatives like engagement surveys, culture programmes, and leadership development.
• Provide hands-on support across the full employee lifecycle (attraction to offboarding).
• Coach managers to build leadership capability and accountability and drive best practice.

Skills

HR Generalist

Change management

TUPE experience

Employment law

Stakeholder management

Data-driven HR

Education

CIPD Level 5

Job description

Assistant HR Business Partner

Location: Home based with regular travel to our North based locations

Travel: Regular travel across the North of England required

Employment Type: Full?Time, Permanent

Working Hours: Monday – Friday

What’s in it for you…

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays with the option to buy more
• Hybrid working
• Group Personal Pension Plan
• Car allowance
• Career development & progression with the opportunity to earn professional qualifications
• 24/7 access to a virtual GP?and Mental health support & counselling services?
• Cycle to Work scheme?
• Discount club - supermarkets, phone bills, gyms & more!?
• Life assurance cover?
• Long service recognition?
• Active local social committees?
• Regular social events?

About the Role

We’re looking for an experienced and commercially minded Assistant HR Business Partner to join our Power division, partnering closely with Senior Leadership Teams and operational leaders to deliver impactful people solutions.

In this role, you’ll act as a trusted advisor, owning the full employee lifecycle and ensuring that our people strategy drives performance, enhances culture, and builds long-term organisational capability. This is a highly visible role where you will balance hands‑on operational delivery with strategic, data‑led insight.

Working alongside the Head of HR, you’ll play a key role in delivering the divisional people agenda, aligned to the wider HR strategy. You’ll influence workforce effectiveness, strengthen leadership capability, enhance engagement, and support critical business change initiatives.

This role also provides the opportunity to lead on the people aspects of growth activity, including acquisitions, TUPE transfers, and integration programmes, ensuring they are delivered smoothly, compliantly, and with strong commercial outcomes.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Partner with leaders to develop robust workforce and succession plans, ensuring effective performance management frameworks are in place
• Use people data and insights to drive performance improvements and enhance employee engagement
• Lead and support organisational design, transformation, and change initiatives end‑to‑end, including TUPE and acquisitions
• Act as a trusted voice within SLT and management forums, providing pragmatic HR and employment law guidance
• Support the delivery of key HR initiatives, including engagement surveys, culture programmes, and leadership development

You’ll also provide hands‑on support across the full employee lifecycle, including:

• Attraction, onboarding, and induction
• Probation reviews and performance management
• Employee relations (disciplinaries, grievances, absence, and performance concerns)
• Flexible working requests
• Reward, pay reviews, and benefits
• Restructures, redundancy processes, and offboarding

Alongside this, you’ll:

• Coach and empower managers to build leadership capability and accountability
• Drive consistency and best practice in people management across the business

About You

You’re a confident and credible HR professional who thrives in a fast‑paced, matrix environment. You may already be operating at HR Business Partner level, or you’re an experienced Senior HR Advisor ready to step up to your next challenge.

You’ll bring:

• A strong generalist HR background with solid experience across the employee lifecycle
• Proven experience of leading complex change initiatives, including restructures, TUPE, and contract variations
• A strong working knowledge of employment law and its practical application
• The ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels
• A track record of delivering commercially focused, strategic HR solutions

You’ll also be:

• CIPD qualified (Level 5 minimum)
• An excellent communicator with strong interpersonal skills
• Resilient, adaptable, and comfortable navigating change
• Proactive in your approach to both business challenges and your own development

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